Reason Hershey

Reason Hershey (16 October 1829-2 July 1901) was a Colonel of Volunteers of the US Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Reason Hershey was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on 16 October 1829 to a Yankee family, and he worked as a farmer and a US Army reservist for years before the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Hershey was elected the colonel of an Ohio volunteer regiment, and his regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland during the war. In 1864, his regiment distinguished itself at the Battle of Nashville, and he was wounded in action in early 1865. Hershey returned to his farm after the war, and he died in 1901.